2014-08-07 3:15 GMT+02:00 Paulo Roberto Massa Cereda <cereda.paulo at gmail.com>:
> Hello, friends.
>> This is how *I* set up TL in Fedora:
>> I have /opt/bin which actually points to
> /usr/local/texlive/<year>/bin/<arch>; this means I only need to update the
> symlink when installing new TL versions.
>> I have the following script living inside /etc/profile.d:
>> =====================================
> #!/bin/bash
> pathmunge () {
> if ! echo $PATH | /bin/egrep -q "(^|:)$1($|:)" ; then
> if [ "$2" = "after" ] ; then
> PATH=$PATH:$1
> else
> PATH=$1:$PATH
> fi
> fi
> }
> pathmunge /opt/texbin
> unset pathmunge
> =====================================
>You have /opt/bin but add /opt/texbin to PATH
> TL binaries are then set on path systemwide. Different approach from .bashrc
> (userwide), but both ideas converge.
>You can also set it in /etc/environment
> And that is pretty much it.
>> I never ran into problems with TL in Fedora. We might need a couple of extra
> info, so we could track down the errors.
>> All the best,
>> Paulo
>> Em 06-08-2014 21:10, Norbert Preining escreveu:
>>> Hi Andre
>>>> (please leave the mailing list in Cc!!!)
>>>> On Wed, 06 Aug 2014, Andre Gompel wrote:
>>>>>> now does not work anymore "out of the box" and therefore need fixes.
>>>>>> Again, wrong.
>>>>> could better use your volunteer time , by just installing "texlive 2014"
>>> on Fedora 20 x86_64, (latest)
>>>>>> Done that:
>> * installed fedora 20 into a virtual machine with all defaults, nothing
>> changed at all
>> * installed texlive with default settings as root
>> * set
>> PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2014/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH
>> in my .bashrc as user
>> * run latex on a sample document, and dvips, and pdflatex, all fine.
>>>> So what do you tell me is not working out of the box?
>>>>> broken with the paths, or perhaps the softlinks... and it really does
>>> not work "out of the box".
>>>>>> And yes, I can fix, and do not need help, but this was not my point.
>>>>>> You still did not specify *what* is broken besides unclear
>> insinuations.
>>>>> And what is this *more*? MORE IS PROBABLY softlinks broken,
>>>>>> Which soft links?
>>>> By default the installer does *not* create any links into
>> the binary directories.
>>>>> because of the (not so new) FEDORA/RED_HAT directory tree structure,
>>> where almost everything now is on top of /usr.
>>>>>> Irrelevant, I have installed everything into /usr/local/texlive/2014
>> as by default, and added the path, all works.
>>>>>> Now I am in "environment variables hell"
>>>>>>>>> No need for environment variables besides adjustment of the PATH.
>>> Please be a bit more specific.
>>>>>> You still did not explain what is the problem.
>>>>> It is there, it has been followed many many times, and it has proven
>>> quite stable over the last N years (for N >= 10)
>>>>>> HERE, I just cannot agree, and what you write suggest that you did not do
>>> any testing with Fedora 20, or RHLE, or CentOS (recent versions).
>>>>>> Are you telling me, who has written most of the code, that it is not
>> working without providing any proof?
>>>> I have made exactely what you told me, see above, with the expected
>> result, that everything works.
>>>>> FURTHERMORE, I stopped using the "standard RPM Latex packages" on Fedora,
>>> because they are broken:
>>>>>> THey are from 2013, but they are fine.
>>>>>> THere are hardly any differences between Win and Unix in terms of the
>>>> actual installer, besides that there are a few different options.
>>>>>>>>> If you suggest Windows and Linux are the same system, you must either be
>>> joking... or may have to do some reading...
>>>>>> Aehm, I never suggested that. Please stay at the facts and read what
>> I wrote.
>>>> Do you really believe *I* don't know the difference between the systems?
>>>>> I do suggest that if the Red-Hat derivatives standard packages (RPM) have
>>> been now broken for about two years, it is because the proper information to
>>> fix them is missing.
>>>>>> What are you talking? Fedore20 ships telxive 2013, thus, it cannot be
>> two years broken.
>>>>> So a few people (including me) who may fix them, did not even try because
>>> what is needed for TEXLIVE to work, is not so obvious.
>>>>>> Instead of whining, what about actually *saying* what is broken?
>> And even better, *fixing* it if you are so capable!
>>>>>> But for many non-technical Latex users, a seamless and simple
>>>> install
>>>> which works "straight out of the box" would be great, GUI or NOT.
>>>>>>>>> It does. SORRY NOT FOR ME, DID YOU REALLY TRY THIS ON FEDORA 20 X86_64
>>> ?????
>>>>>> Done that, succeeded without a single hinch. Enjoy.
>>>>> I explained that I used Linux/Texlive for a long time, so you would not
>>> suspect a beginner's mistake.
>>>>>> I still *do* suspect this. Or better, a long term user who believes
>> who knows around the system, in thus messes it up.
>>>>> 1) I explained it did not work, "out of the box" (unfound files etc...).
>>>>>> No, you didn't: Not one line of terminal output or which file
>> has not been found.
>>>>> warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these
>>> directories:
>>> /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texlive:/usr/share/texlive/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texlive/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texlive/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texlive/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c.
>>>>>> Output of
>> which tex
>> please
>>>> Norbert
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